Chapter 7 The encounter between two "modern people".

As Li An was feeling emotional, he found that most of the rich people in the city only asked some simple fortune-telling questions, and the money they paid was not generous. Only the foreign trade transport official, after asking Li An about his business problems, was overjoyed and generously gave Li An a reward of 1,000 taels of silver. In addition, the head of the escort agency also gave Li An 600 taels of silver. This made Li An feel that these people engaged in the transportation and bodyguard industries have an amazing ability to make money, especially those who work across regions, and the profits are even more considerable.

However, after Li An had fooled all the rich people in the city, he found that he had almost squeezed out all the money. So he turned his attention to the brothel owner, preparing to teach him some skills, moves and strategies in the service industry. At this time, Fan Xian suddenly came to his door.

Li An greeted enthusiastically: "Brother, bring us a table of signature dishes and two pots of good wine!"

The waiter was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Sir, is there any good news?"

Li An smiled and replied, "It's a good thing that good business has come to us! If nothing unexpected happens, this table of food should be someone's treat." After saying that, he turned to look at Fan Xian with a meaningful smile on his face: "Master Fan Xian, do you think I'm right?"

Fan Xian rolled his eyes at Li An, but a smile appeared on his face: "Of course."

Everyone around was surprised when they heard the conversation between the two. They knew that another victim had come to Li An. It was no wonder they thought so. Every time someone came to Li An to ask a question, the lowest price was ten taels of silver, and the highest was even hundreds of taels. Now that the young master of the Fan Mansion came to ask in person, it was estimated that the reward would definitely be considerable.

Fan Xian asked confidently, "Mr. Li, I think you know what I want to ask!"

Li An pretended to be mysterious and answered: "I know a little bit."

Fan Xian continued, "In that case, I will wait for you at the grocery store in the evening. I'm sure you know which grocery store it is, right?"

Li An nodded and agreed: "I will definitely be there when the time comes!"

Fan Xian said with satisfaction, "In that case, I will be waiting. Waiter, this table will be put on the Fan Mansion's account. I will settle Mr. Li's expenses before the end of the month."

Fan Xian came and left in a hurry. Knowing that this was not the place to discuss those secrets, he invited Li An to meet at Uncle Wu Zhu's grocery store in the evening. In Fan Xian's opinion, that place was the safest place in the world. Not only that, before leaving, he also paid for Li An's meals until the end of the month. Although Li An didn't care about these small amounts of money now, he still found it interesting. So, he had to go face to face with the fifth grandmaster in the evening.

Although I have read the original novel and know what kind of people Fan Xian and Wu Zhu are, as long as I don't harm Fan Xian, there is a high probability that my life will not be in danger. But nothing is absolute in this world, and Li Ang still has to keep a back-up plan. He just said he wanted to do ten consecutive combos, and then he was slapped in the face.

Genshin Impact? Oh, whatever, start it!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Lu Xiaofeng's character identity card (30 minutes of experience time)! ]

That's great! Whatever you think comes true, system, I wronged you!
Of course, it would be best not to use these character cards. These are temporary, disposable items with a time limit. Once used, they are gone. Everything must be done prudently.

At night, Li An felt that the time was almost up, so he left the inn and strode towards the grocery store where Wu Zhu was. This grocery store was not far from Fan's house. It can be inferred that Wu Zhu chose this place to protect Fan Xian nearby. Since Wu Zhu was a blind man, the grocery store's business was not good, and people often stole things. However, Wu Zhu did not care about these, because he did not open this grocery store to make money. In fact, Wu Zhu was not really blind. He used infrared scanning, which was better than eyes and could achieve 360-degree observation without blind spots. So I asked you how to break it!
Li An came to the door of the grocery store and knocked. In this era, similar to ancient China, people did not have many entertainment activities. In addition, there was no electricity, so ordinary people went to bed early to save lamp oil. Although the city was slightly better, it was still a rural area compared to those prosperous big cities. Therefore, there were few pedestrians on the streets at this time, and most shops were closed.

However, the door suddenly opened at this moment, as if someone was controlling it from behind, and no one knew how it was done.

Li An said loudly: "Li An is here to visit."

"Come in. It's in the backyard."

After getting the response, Li An walked into the courtyard and found that the furnishings were very simple. There were two pots of wine and a few side dishes on the stone table in the courtyard.

And Fan Xian had already been waiting here.

"Mr. Fan, I've been waiting for a long time." "No, I just got here not long ago."

The two of them greeted each other briefly. Wu Zhu did not hide his figure, but just sat quietly aside without saying a word.

Fan Xian showed curiosity: "Mr. Li doesn't seem to be curious about the identity of the grocery store owner?"

Li An smiled but said nothing.

Fan Xian was not a cunning man after all, and he asked directly without beating around the bush: "I'll be frank with you, Mr. Li, are you from...where?" Although he did not specify where "there" was, Li An understood what he meant.

"Yes." Li An answered simply.

Hearing this answer, Fan Xian laughed happily, very cheerfully.

He has been living alone in this world. Although he was a myasthenia gravis patient in his previous life and had been lying in bed for many years, he was just a person with physical defects. He was still a healthy and satisfied person mentally. After coming to this world, his adult soul was trapped in the body of a child, which was a completely different experience both physically and mentally. Although it was definitely much better than the miserable situation in his previous life, he had lived alone for so many years, carrying secrets and emotions that could not be vented. This was a great loneliness.

Now that he had finally confirmed that someone came from the same place as him, he was extremely happy. The two began to communicate with each other in poetry as if they had found a common language.

"A friend coming from afar?" Fan Xian chanted.

"It's quite fun." Li An said.

"The water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky."

"Run to the sea and never return."

"The moonlight shines in front of the bed."

"Suspected to be frost on the ground."

These words confirmed that they were each other. He laughed and said, "Where are you from, fellow countryman?"

Li An replied: "I am from a mountain city, but I work and live in Shanghai." The two smiled at each other as if they had found each other's support in this strange world.

In the question-and-answer session between the two, Fan Xian had already untied the knot in his heart for many years. The two chatted about interesting things in their hometown, drank wine facing the moon, and time passed unnoticed. Ang Lee did not reveal the truth that he and Fan Xian were not from the same real world. He traveled to the world of books. Who would be willing to admit that he was a person in the book?
Moreover, strictly speaking, he had come here physically, and the time was not very long, so he did not feel as deep a sense of loneliness as Fan Xian. Fan Xian had lived here for fifteen years, and had experienced assassinations, dissected corpses, and even jumped off a cliff with Wu Zhu in front of him. This exciting life was too shocking for his immobile body in his previous life, so it took a long time for Fan Xian to gradually adapt.

"Brother Li, you are older than me, so I will call you Brother Li! Are you really good at fortune-telling?" Fan Xian asked curiously.

Li An decided to continue making up lies: "Yes, and they are all accurate."

Fan Xian continued excitedly, "So this skill really exists in this world. Can I ask you something?"

"Of course. But it depends on what you're asking." Li An replied, feeling a little uneasy.

(End of this chapter)